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Leonardo's Mirror and Other Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) Paperback – July 21, 2011

by Ivan Moscovich (Author)

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One of the world's top puzzle- and game-makers compiled this visually stunning assortment of 86 mathematical challenges. Ivan Moscovich presents his own inventions along with classic mind-bogglers from throughout history. Each promotes creative thinking, providing intellectual satisfaction as well as entertainment.
These thought-provoking puzzles offer fresh insights into many concepts common to art, science, and everyday life. They include a tribute to Leonardo da Vinci that involves his famous hidden messages as well as several of his dissection dilemmas. "The Hamilton Way" concerns the problem of visiting all of the vertices of a graph, and "Catenary: The Gravity Curve" suggests a captivating experiment with a chain or a necklace. Each puzzle is accompanied by colorful graphics that help explain the underlying mathematics. Complete answers appear at the end, presenting not only solutions but also explanations that illustrate simple mathematical principles.

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Age Range: 8 and up
Series: Dover Recreational Math
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (August 18, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486482391
ISBN-13: 978-0486482392
Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,134,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #397 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Math Games
- #2189 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Puzzles
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

Puzzles for creative thinking

By Eileen on December 5, 2004

Format: Paperback

Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci was fascinated with the idea of dissecting curved figures and transforming them into squares? So says Ivan Moscovich, the designer of these puzzles and games which provide a learning experience that he calls "recreational mathematics." This collection of puzzles and games contains a tribute to Da Vinci in the form of mirror writing and a dissection puzzle that is quite difficult to solve. Also included are puzzles based on lines, parabolas, curves, and hexagons.

Interspersed among the puzzles in this collection are fascinating facts about such things as the Kinemat art drawing machine, Fibonacci numbers, and the best way to pack circles. The answer pages provide not only solutions, but also explanations for the answers that present simple principles of mathematics. These puzzles are not just challenging and educational, but they are a visual treat as well, since each puzzle has one or more colorful and esthetically pleasing illustrations. Some of these puzzles are real mind benders, but that makes discovering the solution all the more rewarding. Happy puzzling!

Eileen Rieback

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

A collection of Goldilocks puzzles, not too easy, not too hard

By Charles Ashbacher HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on May 12, 2008

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If you are a puzzle-hound, you will love this book. Not only are the puzzles genuine stumpers, but the colors used are so bright and distinct that the pages would keep the attention of an infant as you turned the pages.
The puzzles in this book cover a broad area; there is no real theme to their basis. From the title, some of the puzzles are from the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, the most talented person who ever lived. Several deal with the area of a shape, others with traversing a figure and there is even one about a bike with square wheels. The diversity of the puzzles is one of the most attractive features of this book, as you never know what the next one will be.
Puzzles are good, clean and frustrating fun, the best are in the Goldilocks category, not too hard, not too easy. That is the way to describe these puzzles and if they are not just right for you, you can always do a little (Bo) Peep at the answer in the back.

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